The Wisdom of Crowds–In Ancient Greece
by Victor Davis Hanson Forbes.com A review of Democracy and Knowledge: Innovation and Learning in Classical Athensby Josiah Ober (Princeton University Press, 2008, 362pp.) Share This
2009
The Great Divider?
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Do As I Say—Not As I Do? I confess I did not believe Barack Obama entirely during the campaign when he bragged on working across the aisle and championing bipartisanship. Share This
More on Rush
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner All these highbrow conservative attacks on Limbaugh keep missing the point. Share This
The Triumph of Banality
Obama didn’t inven dishonesty in political discourse–but he has a talent for it. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online One of the most tired rhetorical tropes in Washington starts with, “We must . . . ” In the age of Obama, this is now usually followed by “Get the cost of our health care
A Funny Sort of Depression
by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Are we headed to something like the Great Depression? Share This
Enough Already
by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Many have weighed in on Eric Holder’s “cowards” slur. Share This
A Year Like None Other
It usually takes decades to fit in all the tragicomedy of 2008. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online The three great stories of 2008 were the financial meltdown, the turn-about in Iraq, and the Chicago Way. Share This
Perverse Thoughts about this Perverse Recession
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media I do not understand at all this going into debt for almost another trillion dollars, and then immediately promising to balance the budget soon (like blowing off your foot near an emergency room), or how “stimulate” differs from “borrow,” or why the more noble victim is the one who sought
Some Reflections in the Times of Hysteria
by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Imagine… Had anyone said a few months ago that the federal government would step in to provide a trillion dollars to subsidize gasoline — to bring it down to $1.85 a gallon nationwide from prices that were exceeding $4 a gallon — we would have had a national debate.
War and Peace–and Deceit–in Islam
by Raymond Ibrahim PJ Media Editor’s note: Substantial portions of the following essay made up part of Mr. Ibrahim’s written testimony that was presented to Congress on February 12, 2009 Today, in a time of wars and rumors of wars emanating from the Islamic world — from the current conflict in Gaza, to the saber-rattling